Mike Gillis talks to Iain Macintyre about the teams purchase of the Peoria Rivermen and how it will help Vancouver develop NHLers. A money quote from Mac's take: "The Canucks will relocate the American Hockey League team from Illinois to an as-yet determined city nearer Vancouver." Fascinating. [Vancouver Sun]

Harrison Mooney reports that Daniel Sedin and his brother Henrik are having trouble in paradise and are getting divorced as line-mates on a permanent basis. April Fools (I think...)! [Pass it to Bulis]

Cam Charron marvels at James Reimer and concludes that a Luongo trade would be a mistake for the Leafs. I generally disagree for the simplest reason imaginable. Basically Luongo is nails and if you have a chance to add a player and person of his quality for thirty cents on the dollar, you should almost always do so. [The Leafs Nation]

Cancel the trade deadline, here's some great news from Farhan Lalji:

Gillis re Kesler, "we expect Ryan to skate today... expect him to play within a week" #canucks

Needless to say, getting Kesler back is better than anything Gillis and co. will find on the market at the deadline...

Let's end this post off with this oddly post-modern photo of Roberto Luongo dashing through the rainy streets. What even?!

Thomas Drance lives in Toronto, eats spicy food and writes about hockey. He is the editor in chief of the Nation Network (a.k.a Overlord), and an opinionated blowhard to boot. You can follow him on twitter @thomasdrance.